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...decries their halfhearted nature. Last year, he notes, the Reagan Administration told Bolivia that to qualify for $14.4 million in economic assistance, it would have to eradicate 10,000 acres of coca crops, roughly 9% ; of the total. Bolivia failed to do so, claiming extenuating circumstances. Yet the U.S. withheld just half the money. "The U.S. did have an eradication program in Bolivia," says Mills, "but the Bolivians didn't pay any attention to it." As a result of many such situations, he says, it is hard to find any drug agent or dealer around the world who thinks...
...compelling middle-aged man whose wife is incurably ill. Paul Grigson, a nervous teenage boy infatuated with the teacher. From this triangle, Simon Brett has shaped a chilling psychological mystery. His cunning tale opens on the discovery of a gruesome murder, with details of the victim and perpetrator withheld. It soon develops that both must be part of the triangle, but Brett defines his characters so that any combination of killer and prey seems possible. That is a neat trick, but it is also a persuasive metaphor for Brett's underlying theme: that most of mankind is tortured by dark...
...high-level campaign succeeded. Though skeptical that the Post would be revealing any new information to the Soviets, Executive Editor Benjamin C. Bradlee said the paper withheld details because it was "unable fully to judge the validity of the national security objections of senior officials and because of Post lawyers' concerns." The CIA said it was reviewing the story the Post ran, but had not decided whether to seek prosecution. Fear of legal action "was less important to me than the question of whether you do in fact violate national security," Bradlee says. "In my heart, I think the Russians...
...information but acknowledged that the crisis was not yet over. "Definitely there has been an accident which has not been liquidated yet and theoretically poses a threat to people outside the Soviet / Union," Churkin said. "We are still trying to manage the situation." He added that the Soviets initially withheld news of the disaster because they wanted to know the extent of the damage before making an announcement. When pressed by sometimes testy Congressmen about the meagerness of Soviet disclosures, Churkin replied blandly, "We have been very forthcoming...
...lightweight helicopters and two F27 propeller-driven aircraft. The Pentagon estimates that at the Tripoli military airport the U.S. took out five Il-76 transports and caused major damage to several buildings. Defense officials admit that damage to the Sidi Bilal facility was less than they had expected, and withheld the results of bombing at the Benghazi barracks...